Idaho Reports 2012
Idaho Public Television's weekly coverage of the Idaho Legislature with host Greg Hahn begins. The one-hour show continues through adjournment.G

10:00 am

Outdoor Idaho"Canyonlands Calling"
Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G

10:30 am

Dialogue"Food Safety and Biomedical Research"
How safe is our nation's food system? Carolyn Bohach is a microbiologist from the University of Idaho who specializes in studying E. coli and food safety. This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Bohach about her research and ways we can prevent E. coli breakouts.G

American Masters"Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women"
The author, who was raised among reformers, Transcendentalists and skeptics, is best known for her gentle novels of childhood and coming-of-age stories. Writer-producer Harriet Reisen digs deeply to reveal the complex woman who also wrote commercially successful sensational potboilers that delve into the darker side of human nature. Reisen's script relies on dialogue written by Alcott herself or by other people in her life with clips from interviews to carry the commentary and narrative links.G

1:30 pm

Storied Life of Millie Benson
Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack"Maximizing Social Security Benefits"
Guest: Mary Beth Franklin, Contributing Editor, InvestmentNews. Consuelo Mack WealthTrack reveals how to maximize your Social Security benefits, the only pension plan most Americans can count on. Award-winning financial planner and retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin shares little-known tips on how to get the most out of Social Security for you and your loved ones. D

3:30 pm

European Journal"Making Chess Mandatory In Public Schools"
Austria: Child-Free Hotels - Hotel managers in Austria are now offering quiet, child-free vacation stays. It's a trend that's catching on - especially among wellness centers, where well-to-do guests are primarily looking to rest and recuperate. Guests expect a dignified atmosphere where they can eat and drink in style; many consider noisy children a nuisance. D

4:00 pm

Moyers & Company"Moving Beyond War"
Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need more than a simple change of target is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world. D

5:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Canyonlands Calling"
Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G

5:30 pm

Dialogue"Food Safety and Biomedical Research"
How safe is our nation's food system? Carolyn Bohach is a microbiologist from the University of Idaho who specializes in studying E. coli and food safety. This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Bohach about her research and ways we can prevent E. coli breakouts.G

American Masters"Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women"
The author, who was raised among reformers, Transcendentalists and skeptics, is best known for her gentle novels of childhood and coming-of-age stories. Writer-producer Harriet Reisen digs deeply to reveal the complex woman who also wrote commercially successful sensational potboilers that delve into the darker side of human nature. Reisen's script relies on dialogue written by Alcott herself or by other people in her life with clips from interviews to carry the commentary and narrative links.G

8:30 pm

Storied Life of Millie Benson
Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG

9:00 pm

Moyers & Company"Moving Beyond War"
Nine years after Baghdad erupted in "shock and awe," we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. But what we need more than a simple change of target is a complete change in perspective, says Andrew Bacevich, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran-turned-scholar who's become one of the most perceptive observers of America's changing role in the world. D